List of AMA Superbike champions

This is a complete list of AMA Superbike Championship champions since 1976.

Champions

By season

Season	Champion	Wins	Motorcycle	Team
1976	Reg Pridmore	2	BMW R90S	Butler & Smith
1977	Reg Pridmore (2)	1	Kawasaki Z1	Racecrafters
1978	Reg Pridmore (3)	0	Kawasaki Z1	Vetter
1979	Wes Cooley	0	Suzuki GS1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
1980	Wes Cooley (2)	3	Suzuki GS1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
1981	Eddie Lawson	4	Kawasaki KZ1000	Team Muzzy
1982	Eddie Lawson (2)	5	Kawasaki KZ1000	Team Muzzy
1983	Wayne Rainey	6	Kawasaki GPz750	Team Muzzy
1984	Fred Merkel	10	Honda VF750F	American Honda
1985	Fred Merkel (2)	6	Honda VF750F	American Honda
1986	Fred Merkel (3)	2	Honda VFR750F	American Honda
1987	Wayne Rainey (2)	3	Honda VFR750F	American Honda
1988	Bubba Shobert	3	Honda VFR750F	American Honda
1989	Jamie James	1	Suzuki GSX-R750	Yoshimura Suzuki
1990	Doug Chandler	4	Kawasaki ZX-7	Team Muzzy
1991	Thomas Stevens	1	Yamaha FZR750R OW-01	Vance & Hines
1992	Scott Russell	3	Kawasaki ZX-7R	Team Muzzy
1993	Doug Polen	6	Ducati 888	Fast by Ferracci
1994	Troy Corser	3	Ducati 888	Fast by Ferracci
1995	Miguel Duhamel	6	Honda RC45	Commonwealth Racing
1996	Doug Chandler (2)	2	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	Team Muzzy
1997	Doug Chandler (3)	1	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	Team Muzzy
1998	Ben Bostrom	0	Honda RC45	American Honda
1999	Mat Mladin	1	Suzuki GSX-R750	Yoshimura Suzuki
2000	Mat Mladin (2)	4	Suzuki GSX-R750	Yoshimura Suzuki
2001	Mat Mladin (3)	4	Suzuki GSX-R750	Yoshimura Suzuki
2002	Nicky Hayden	9	Honda RC51	American Honda
2003	Mat Mladin (4)	10	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2004	Mat Mladin (5)	8	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2005	Mat Mladin (6)	11	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2006	Ben Spies	10	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2007	Ben Spies (2)	7	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2008	Ben Spies (3)	7	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2009	Mat Mladin (7)	10	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2010	Josh Hayes	7	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2011	Josh Hayes (2)	3	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2012	Josh Hayes (3)	16	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2013	Josh Herrin	4	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2014	Josh Hayes (4)	7	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2015	Cameron Beaubier	8	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2016	Cameron Beaubier (2)	8	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2017	Toni Elías	10	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Yoshimura Suzuki
2018	Cameron Beaubier (3)	7	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2019	Cameron Beaubier (4)	6	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2020	Cameron Beaubier (5)	16	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2021	Jake Gagne	17	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2022	Jake Gagne (2)	12	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2023	Jake Gagne (3)	11	Yamaha YZF-R1	Yamaha Factory Racing
2024	Josh Herrin (2)	7	Ducati Panigale V4R	Warhorse HSBK Racing

By rider

Rider	Championships	Year(s)
Mat Mladin	7	1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
Cameron Beaubier	5	2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Josh Hayes	4	2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Reg Pridmore	3	1976, 1977, 1978
Fred Merkel	3	1984, 1985, 1986
Doug Chandler	3	1990, 1996, 1997
Ben Spies	3	2006, 2007, 2008
Jake Gagne	3	2021, 2022, 2023
Josh Herrin	2	2013, 2024
Wes Cooley	2	1979, 1980
Eddie Lawson	2	1981, 1982
Wayne Rainey	2	1983, 1987
Bubba Shobert	1	1988
Jamie James	1	1989
Thomas Stevens	1	1991
Scott Russell	1	1992
Doug Polen	1	1993
Troy Corser	1	1994
Miguel Duhamel	1	1995
Ben Bostrom	1	1998
Nicky Hayden	1	2002
Toni Elías	1	2017

By nationality

Country	Championships	No. of Champions
United States	36	17
Australia	8	2
United Kingdom	3	1
Canada	1	1
Spain	1	1

By manufacturer

Manufacturer	Championships	Year(s)
Suzuki	14	1979, 1980, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017
Yamaha	14	1991, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Kawasaki	9	1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997
Honda	8	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1998, 2002
Ducati	3	1993, 1994, 2024
BMW	1	1976